Tag: Nong Nooch Tropical Garden
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden’s unique lady palm wins Japanese certification
Pattaya’s Nong Nooch Tropical Garden has become Thailand’s only certified cultivator of a Japanese lady palm variety. Kosuke Inukai, president of the Japan Lady...
9 Nong Nooch elephants offer lent candles to 9 temples
Nine elephants from Nong Nooch Tropical Garden offered nine candles to nine eastern-region temples for Buddhist Lent. Park General Manager Pantanan Kanthisookapan oversaw the...
Nong Nooch wins 6th gold medal at British flower show
For the sixth consecutive year, Pattaya’s Nong Nooch Tropical Garden won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Nong Nooch Director...
Feast for the beasts highlights National Elephant Day at Nong Nooch
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden marked National Elephant Day with merit making and a feast for the beasts. Park Director Kampol Tansatcha and employees led...
2 elephant calves named at Nong Nooch
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden added to its stable of elephants with the birth of two more calves. Sattahip District Chief Phawat Lertmukda helped introduce...
Drawing elephants highlight Mother’s Day celebration at Nong Nooch
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden gave mothers and children free entrance to the Pattaya tourist attraction for Mother’s Day weekend where elephants put on a...
Nong Nooch elephants blast revelers during Songkran water play
Elephants at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden put a twist on Pattaya’s Songkran celebration, using their built-in water guns to hose down revelers. Park Director...
100 couples marry on elephants at Nong Nooch Valentine’s Day event
A hundred couples got their marriages off to bumpy starts when they took their Valentine’s Day wedding vows on the backs of elephants at...
Elephants usher in ‘year of the horse’ at Nong Nooch
It may be the “year of the horse,” but the elephants at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden did their best to ring in the Chinese...
Nong Nooch welcomes first elephant calf of 2014
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden celebrated the birth of its first elephant calf of 2014 with the arrival of a playful male Jan. 6. ...
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